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July 14, 1933
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- Popeye makes his silver screen debut in the July 14, 1933 Betty Boop cartoon entitled “Popeye the Sailor”, produced by Fleischer Studios and distributed by Paramount Pictures.
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Popeye first appeared in the strip on January 17, 1929, as a minor character. He was initially hired by Castor Oyl and Ham Gravy to crew a ship for a voyage to Dice Island, the location of a casino owned by the crooked gambler Fadewell.
Jan 16, 2012 · Popeye’s First Appearance. On January 17, E.C. Segar introduces the character Popeye to the “Thimble Theatre” cast with his famous first line — ’Ja think I’m a cowboy?!. FunFact: Popeye is known as Iron Arm in Italy, Karl Alfred in Sweden and Skipper Skraek or “Terror of the Sea” in Denmark.
Aug 30, 2011 · Popeye first appeared in the comic Thimble Theatre in 1929 and was created by Elizie Crisler Segar; the popularity of the character meant that he'd eventually get his own series of theatrical cartoon shorts, which in turn led to a live action film starring Robin Williams in the 1980.
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- Thimble Theatre was already 10 years old when the famous sailor made his debut. Popeye quickly became so popular among readers that he was brought back in a recurring role, and eventually became the main character of the strip, which was subsequently renamed Popeye in the 1970s.
- Popeye creator Elzie Crisler Segar (better known as E.C. Segar) often signed his work with simply “Segar” or “E. Segar” above a drawing of a cigar, as he was often asked how to pronounce his surname.
- During the first ten years of Thimble Theatre, Segar's comic strip chronicled the misadventures of Olive Oyl and her then-boyfriend, Harold Hamgravy.
- Olive Oyl's family included a brother named Castor and her father, Cole, who were both regular characters in the original comic strip, but made fewer appearances as the focus of the strip shifted to Popeye.
Nov 10, 2022 · They introduced Popeye to moviegoers in 1933 in a crossover with Betty, and they'd continue animating his adventures until the studio shuttered in 1942 and their bosses at Paramount handed off...
A seagoing superhero, Popeye was first seen in 1929 in E.C. Segar's Thimble Theatre. The comic strip itself had been running, dispensing fairly cockeyed mock-adventure continuities, since King Features Syndicate introduced it in 1919.
Popeye was created by Elzie Crisler Segar, and made his debut in the daily comic strip “Thimble Theatre” on January 17th, 1929. There, he appeared in the story “The Adventures of Ham Gravy.” Originally, he was a simple supporting character.
